... I LOCAL INTELLIGTSENCE. _ 1 DEFAULTING RATEFATERS.-At the borough police court on Thursday le-a, a number of ratepayers were sum- moned for non-payment of Local Board rates. All the cases, except two, were settled out of court. Orders for immediate payment were made by the magistrates in the two cases. LANCASHIRE PATENTS.-John M'Vitie, of Preston, for certain improvements in mules for spinning ...

... I It is reported in Paris that Lord Lyons will succeed Earl Cowley as British Ambassador at the Court of. the Tuileries. THE TYNE.-The revenue of the river Tyne Comia- sioners in 1866 exceeded by £6,000 that of 1865. Last year the commissioners dredged live millions and a half tons of sand and rubbish out' of the river, being a million tons more than in 1865, and a million and a half tons ...

... (Fromn the Oa6deners' Uhroeiwe. )!l PLANT 4OUSES.-Me-ny Orchid(s, such, as Cnttleyac, Ccelogynes,: Ml tonias, Deadriobeumsg, and- similar plants! which dQ, not reouiro. so much heat as vandas, sacco.| labiuzus,. &c., will now show the breaks at the base of the pseudohculbs somewhat prominently. R1eep all such in as even and moderate a temperature as possible, in order to delay their starting ...

... WESLEYAN MISSIONS& Sermons in connectionrsith these missions were preached on Sunday, at the two chapels (Wesley and Moor Park) belonging the new or tsue-l circuit in Preston, by the Revds. T. A. Rayner, J. Adams, and J. Lamfie. The sum realised by the collections after the services amounted to £16 18s. 10.ld. TRE ANNUAL MISSIONARY MEETING- was held in Wesley Chapel, on Monday evening last, ...

... I v: . tile l 3ttOr O 3U t T r -f . I , er u like London? -It is in the midst of o red on board ship like a necklace'? a *cLral yai .l~rn ' 01rr7oon like a revolution ?--There is 4 e'retablho Origin ?? he is Why sbo~ld a pixclly o (pair). tus ?? 6. ~ alch~N make good 1rifle volunteers. \ 00 ll ?? t cL d tle Pleases about things; btit beit as he Pleases. a relet not ul wrote to his sweet. U. ...

... I| LATEST INTELLIGENCE ll [BY BRITISHI ANWD IRISlt MAGNETIC TELI]GRAPH.] London, Friday. THE ACCIDENT AT REGENr'S PARK. Four more bodies have been found this morning in the Regent's Park water-. GENERAL NEWS. Captain Mark Huith, for many years general manager of the London and North-Western Railway, died this \Mr George Poulett Sc rpe, M. P. for Stroud, announces his intended retirement from ...

... AMERICA. DI (fly AtIcintic Tl'eyitu p/I .v York, Janotal nylthi (lveninig.)-The legislatures ?? and virginila have rejccted the constitutional 'Arioudnent. dE Goll, 1:1,4.1 sterling. Exchange on Londlon, 1001;- 5.20 ox United Stafes Bonds, 107,' ; Illinois, li) Eries, 64. ofl Cotton, Slid Uj Ian I, ?? th Nowv York, di 'uday iEveniing.- Notwithstanding the I18 e~'orts for the ?? of the ...

... We are having what is usually called an old-fashioned winter. The weather hitherto has been much colder than usual. Heavy falls of snow have interfered with locomotion, and the traffic returns of the different rail- way companies show a considerable falling off in the number of travellers. Hundreds of labourers have been thrown out of work by the severity of the frost ; and as most of them are ...

... i T ?? , | It is with much satisfaction that we have to notice that the wages dispute which last week threatened to disturb the continuance of the peaceful relations which for some time past have existed between the masters and workpeople in the cotton trade has been adjusted. The workpeople have succum- bed to the proposition of the employers for a reduction of five per cent., without ...

... I DEPAR TURES1o rlt~.Uom s A t UPtiN c le, To BLACKBUR.N, ACCRINOTO1, BL 6-.5 mixed, 8-15 8-50 9-1j 10-50 11-25 t i M 5-15 -J30 7-30 mix, *9-15 A,-0n So 1-ids 2-15 6-15 *7-30 A, all ?? To Aesriy t5(, To BLACKBURN,BURNLEYCOLNL t Y Go AND LE3DS.-6&35 mix, 8-15 8 50 9 ' Ii 1-40 2-0 4-0 5.] 5 7-30 A. -On SUtday A lli.s A. all ?? Colne onlyl I 'J To CHORLEY, BOLTON AND mixed, 8-15 *9.0 10-5 11-25 ' ...

... __ Ii RAILWAY TRAVELLING. TO TOE EDITOR OF THE PRESTON CHRONICLE. SIR,-I see that a controversy isgoing oniu yoiurjou rnal abont railway arrangements. Permit me to say that two or three weeks ago 1 had business to do at Great Harwood, and determined upon going to Rishiton, the nearest sta- timn, by the two p.m. train. I purchased a ticket for R'ishton, but the train did not stop there-in fact, ...

... *h- I - B ACB-- Hi BLACKiBUR>N. _ni THE PROPOSED INCREASE OF THE POLICE ROB(- At a meeting of the Watch Committce, on Mo01 elfa' ling, Mr. Councillor Dickinson brought in a iiitioil to effect that the committee recommend the Cort!Cil 3t crease the police force to the government standat The motion was lost by 7 votes to 9. . GREAT HARWOOD.-BREACHES OF THE FACTOCy T -Messrs. Bertwistle, ...